Never would have thought this was edible. I now have use for my 2 acres of "lawn" Still think tight fencing and 50-60 half starved sheep is a better answer. Maybe a dash of napalm. Fun video thanks for the info, I may try it in the morning if the air strike can't be called in. John.

When we bought our house in 1980, the lot was an acre of sandspurs. It took 20 years to get rid of them. NOW I find out they're edible! :D

A light, thin and inexpensive pair of needle nose plyers are absolutely excellent to put in the back pack in sandspur country.

One of the aspects of living past childhood is discovering that we do things as adults we were absolutely were sure when we were kids we would never do... and the first time you admonish someone and you hear one of your parents talking you wonder what else from the past lurks inside your head.

oh green dean i

You never cease to facinate me Dean. I so admire your knowledge of forageing and wish I lived nearby so I can tag along with ya. God bless you, congrads on this 100th vid and make many more. I enjoy watching, hearing your voice and learning from you. ~Lucy

Thanks for the great video, I love learning about wild edible plants.

:) Deane, you are an inspiration to many, even if people don't write so, we all appreciate the work you do greatly.

Growing up I HATED sandspurs! They were always getting in my socks and bootstrings. Its good to know I can get back at them by eating them ;) great video Deane!!

Thank you for your kind words... in total that's some 16 hours of me... heck ... even I don't spend 16 hours with me...that's a lot of tolerance and it is I who should thank you.

Many thanks and congratulations for the exceptionally informative and entertaining videos. Looking forward to the NEXT 100! Congratulations x

Deane, Congratulations on your 100th video! I had no idea sandspurs were edible. I hope you share many more of your videos.

Congratulations Green Deane!!! Wow, 100 videos. All of them are terrific. I enjoyed every one of them and learned a lot. I think I can say on behalf of all your fans we've been counting, anticipating your 100th video. Quite an achievement! We're lucky to have you! You have become a friend to us all.

Congratulations on your 100th! I'm working my way backwards (on your channel), so it's 'my' 20th view. RE: "silliness and occasional mistakes"... That's one of the reasons I watch. :-þ

Congrats Deane! 100 videos is a real landmark!

congrats on the 100th video!!!!!

It grows on many grains, including wheat. Almost any grass can have it, though a few are immune, such as pendulous sedge...

Congrats on 100! (I know I'm 4 months late, but when I first found your channel, I was determined to start watching your videos from #1 on... I think you had around 60 - give or take 10 back then... but now "I" made it to 100 as well! lol) ... And I enjoyed EVERY ONE!! 5 stars to all! Keep 'Em Coming ... I need my "Green Deane" fix every now and then.. I think addicted.. lol. Congrats again!

Thank you Ranger Squirrel and all... I am as amazed as any one... but now I have to get serious...well... maybe...100 is a good base, nw it is time to wander a little but still stay in the edible foraging realm.

I think "torture" would be dragging someone nude through a field of sand spurs. By the way Port Canaveral has changed quite a lot. I used to fish on the north side of the port on the ocean. Now it is all restricted.

Thanks... sandspurs are a pain in the neck... though I have a slightly lower opinion of them, about three feet lower.... but they are tasty...

@RevNTheogen No. Redreational drugs and I ceased to be an item when I left college which was about 37 years ago.

Haha, love your musical effects!

congrats deane on your 100th !!!!! thanks for taking the time to do this. if one day you would like to sell a dvd of all of your videos i will be the first in line!!!!!

It the "Rocket Beach" part still open? I remember being called out there periodically for the AF when old rocket parts from the 1950's would wash up. On a sadder note, I also remember securing that beach when Challenger pieces washed up. I'll never forget that day.

Once I have the spines removed I just eat them husk and all. The flavor is better dehusked but it's a lot of work, yet it can be done.

Are you telling me that I can eat some 'grass'? Who would have 'thunk it'? LOL I wonder if there are other grass seeds that we could eat as well? I have seen overgrown fields with long thin stalks just full of grass seeds. Are these also edible Deane, or just this 'grass'? By the way. I just love your videos. You are a fantastic teacher *and that is one who makes 'learning' more than just a desire, but a way of life. God bless you for sharing your gifts with us.

Gratz on 100!! your vids are the most interesting thing on youtube

Congrats on 100 episodes!!

I could watch your videos forever. I told my boyfriend I'm trading him in for you now he watches your videos :)

Congrats on your 100th video =) Look forward to viewing your past vids, as I am a new sub. Sheesh, I remember as a child we use to have "wars" w/ those sandspurs, we'd pull 'em up, chase each other down and throw them at one another. Whe we tortured ourselves, I've no idea =) Feel kinda bad now knowing we were wasting a food source =(

I aways thought a suitable torture would be dragging some one through a field of sandspurs naked.....

Congrats on your 100th great video!

I appreciate your work these videos are no easy task, where can i find a idetification paper manual of Forida edibles.thank you for all your willing to teach

CONGRATULATIONS!

Thanks Green.

Great video. Thank you

First, sorry for the back-to-back comments, I accidentally posted before I was done. Secondly, I remember those spiny little bast--ds very well. While on liberty from Patrick AFB, I met up with my then GF and now wife at Port Canaveral Park for a cookout with her family. I remember getting dared to walk across the lawn barefoot. If only I knew then what I know now. That pain was second only to falling onto a Prickly Pear cactus (BTW, duct tape gets those broke-off spines out nicely). 5 *'s!!!!!

A thin pair of needle nose plyers work very well.

Excellent video. Thank you. I have 99 more to look at now, lol.

Thanks... I will try to do more recipes....

Congrats on 100 videos!

@FacetsOfTruth What do you think wheat is? And rice? Oats... Barley... et cetera?

Oh my... you have my sympathy....

Omg I am raised here in Central Florida.and I can.t imagine these things being any good for any thing.and never in a million years did I think they would be edibles.

They grow in Maine, so perhaps they are in Vermont.

you sir, are a legend!

@2962nicktucker Sandspurs are a grass, and all the ones in Florida are grass like. It must be some other plant.

Congrats, you made it to 100.

Please come to OK and have all you can eat!!!

PS: Seeds that are spread by animals are called zoochorous. Nice scrabbel word along with ruderal.

Good Job

You remind me a bit of robin williams. Good info!

Nah, sympathy should be expected when I have 99 musicals that I'm being forced to watch. Conversely, I get to watch 99 videos like this one. A treat, as it were (no pun intended), lol.

Interesting. Although I'd prefer taking a flame thrower to my back pasture. - lol

@Dashland13 Trouble? Just burn the spines off... how much trouble can that be? I've even burned them off with a match.

beer from sand spurs now thats cool.

LOL at 0:30. "Yayyy!!"

This is going to freak me out! Oh btw, congrats my friend! You deserve a pat on the back! :)

If they are infected, which is rather obvious. Ergot is a fun or done.... best to avoid....

My gosh... even my mother hasn't watched them all....

We called those goat heads and the grass type sandburs but I don't know their proper name.

Hallucinations? I can’t wait to try it.

Has anybody else ever learned that if you lick your fingers first, you can pull them off your clothes without getting stuck. I was a PE teacher in Florida and did not believe it when my students told me. I don't know why it works, but it does.

Twenty-one million people in Florida but only 20,225 know you can eat sandspurs.

Eating weeds is great revenge

well... if the sandspurs were not stick to my socks ... they'd be sticking to me!

episode 100 wow

From 2,500 subscribers to 77,000 in 12 years.

Five marshmallows on five fingers.... singed, not on fire...

happi fst,anni

Kisra...

No, but it's a great marketing name; Sandspur Beer

They seem to grow near the road a lot.

It's great revenge....they do indeed hurt... them and fire ants are rites of passage in Florida.

Yaaaaaaaay😍😍😍

Does this fungal infection found on other grains? Or just the sandspur? That kind of freaked me out. Wait, I live in CO, one of the most arid places.

Et cetera grows next to id est...

@EatTheWeeds D'you know? I never thought of wheat, rice, oats or barley as 'grass' before. LOL I'm not sure 'Rye'. LOL You indeed are a witty guy. Sorry to be so dumb at times. I guess that's why we need good teachers. Not only to illuminate the nearly unreachable knowledge of the universe. But also to show us what's right beneath our very noses. Thanks for responding & for setting me straight. And I thought I needed 4 stomachs to eat this stuff. Hehehe And where does et cetera grow? Latinia?

Oh I understand completely... then again... eating the offender IS good revenge....

As a general statement, in most situations, I must say that you are doing something horribly wrong if you get sandspurs in your underwear.

a true stone-age guy...with socks. you are FUUUN!.

So... cooking apparently doesn't eliminate the fungus' toxin then?

i'm just trying to figure out how to ELIMINATE THEM.,., phone company did some work here last year and their trenching machine did a good job of planting them all over the place., by the time I noticed it was every where.,., how do you KILL the F'N things., I've tried a lot of methods including scraping the top 4 inches of ground off and dumping it in the woods.,., ';'